[OFBIZ-382] Implement Party lookup by External Id

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 16.11.01
• Component/s: party
• Sprint: Bug Crush Event - 21/2/2015
• Assignee: Deepak Dixit
• Reporter: John Martin
• Created: 18/Oct/06 15:30
• Updated: 09/Jun/16 09:16
• Resolved: 08/Jun/16 14:00

Description

It would be helpful for anyone whom is integrating ofBiz with an external application to be able to expose the externalId property in the Party entity.

The tasks to complete include:

• Update the findparty.ftl to include the prompt/form input field for the external id
• Update the PartyServices.findParty() method to include the logic to handle the externalId argument
• Add new method getPartyFromExternalId to PartyServices
• Add getPartyFromExternalId service definition in Party servicedef/services_view.xml
• Add misc local strings to UI label resource file

Need to determine if the External Id: input form field should be configuarable so that it only appears if feature is enabled.